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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some uncertain period and the West Tower late in the 13th century; the top stage is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … south of the medieval manor house and church. 86 Most houses date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are of stone … of Lower Woolston but the latter has shrunk to a few houses in North Cadbury. The shape of the boundary here may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and from c. 1815 it was used to support the school and clothe schoolchildren. 72 In 1914, however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that the Spencer chapel had been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … contains the largest collection of 17th-century armorial glass in the county. 4 The south porch was added in 1616, and … collection of 15thand early 16th-century stained glass. Of the church's own medieval glass only four pieces …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … in 1489 of inclosing 230 a. for pasture and allowing 6 houses and 4 cottages to become derelict, leaving 36 people … while the number of villein yardlands fell to 28. 57 Six houses and yardlands excluded by Eynsham abbey from its claim …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at … 49 No other school is known before the later 18th century, and the vicar reported in 1768 that the parish children were … in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The teacher was the parish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and … incumbents' reports of 1738 and 1759 that there were c. 20 houses in the parish. 91 There was the usual population … claimed that Yarnton had once comprised 'a group of houses ranging at short intervals along Church Lane' but had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, Rousham, and Whitehill (in Tackley). 16 That Yarnton was referred to … as a demesne manor. 17 Yarnton remained quit of shire and hundred after 1281, under its new owner Rewley abbey. 18 … two churchwardens were financed in the later 16th century and early 17th by malt or malt money received from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 … for the bishops to obtain their dues from the manor, and in the 14th century their claims to overlordship seem to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 35 The Spencers married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly … Oxford-Woodstock road was licensed for prayer meetings, and dissenters also met at Southby's Farm, then occupied by … during 1866 were reputedly attended by c. 16 people, 47 and the number of dissenters reported in the later 19th …